Corn-popper.



No. 643,103. y Patented Feb. I3, i900. F. J. BECKER.

CORN PDPPER.

(Application filed Dec. 12, 1898,)

(No Model.)

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ATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. BECKER, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO TIIADDEUS A. NEELY,

OF MUNOIE, INDIANA.

CORNnPOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,103, dated February13, 1900.

Application filed December l2, 1898. Serial No. 699,064. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. BECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamilton, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Poppers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to corn-poppers; and the object'of my improvementsare to provide s uch form of construction and aggregation of parts aswill facilitate its operation and increase its efficiency. These objectsare obtained in the following-described manner, as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a plan; Fig. 2, an endelevation; Fig. 3, a perspective View showing a modified form ofconstruction; Figs. 4 and 5, details of construction of the metalframes.

In the drawings, 1 represents the basket,and

2 the basket-lid, of similar form and preferably constructed ofwire-cloth. Each is provided with a metal frame 3, and they are hingedtogether at 4. Said frames are each formed of a single strip of tin orother sheet metal in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The corners are firstformed by bending the tin over itself on a diagonal line to form a rightangle, as at 15. The outside half or fold 16 of the strip between theadjacent corners is then turned over the inner half or fold 17, leavingslot 18 between them. The dotted lines 19 show the shape of theextremities of the tin before bending, and 20 shows the triangular lipsthat interlock to secure the ends of the tin together and complete onecorner of the frame. the lid are now inserted in slot 1S of respectiveframes and secured by crushing the folds or sides of the frame closelytogether thereon.` To better secure the edges of the basket and of thelid in the respective frames, alongitudinal corrugation or V- shapedbend 2l is pressed in each side and end of the frames, as shown in Fig.5. When closed, the basket and lid together form a cylinder with closedends and preferably octagonal in form in cross-section. Latch 5 fastensthe lid securely when closed. Flat lnetal bar 6 is secured to The edgesof the basket and of` the basket-frame 3 and occupies the line of itsaxis. Arms 7 are formed by the extension of said bar without the ends ofthe basket and are twisted like an auger in the form of a right and lefthand screw or helix, respectively, that terminate in stops 8.

The pepper-handle 9 is formed double and of spring-wire and coiled atits end 11 to increase its exibility. The sides of the handie terminatein fiat loops l2 to movably engage with the respective arms '7. Thetendency of the sides of the handle is strongly apart and against stops8. When the sides of the handle are pressed toward each other. by theoperator, the sliding engagement of the loops with the arms impartsrotary m0- tion in one direction t0 the basket. When the sides of thehandle are released, they separate with sufficient force to rotate thebasket in the opposite direction. By alternately pressing together andreleasing the sides of the handle the basket is caused to rotate inopposite directions successively and to thoroughly agitate the contentsand facilitate its action in obtaining the best possible results.

A modified form of construction is shown in Fig. 3 in that the ends ofthe basket and lid are formed of tin or other imperforated metal. Thecylinder is round instead of octagonal in cross-section, and the armsare fastened to the respective ends of the basket without being extendedtherethrough on its axial line.

Having lfully described my improvement, what I claim as my invention,and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a corn-pepper the combination with a rotary receptacle, ofoppositely-twisted dat arms projecting beyond the opposite ends of thereceptacle and axially with respect thereto, and a handle comprising aspring-coil and terminating in flat loops engaging the twisted armsbeyond the ends of the receptacle, whereby the complete rotation of thereceptacle may be effected by the relative compression or expansion ofthe arms.

2. A corn-pepper receptacle comprising a sheet-metal frame formed bybending a single strip of sheet metal into flat rectangular form byoverlapping the strip on an oblique line at the corners of the frame,doubling the four sides 0f the frame longitudinally, forming eorrelativelongitudinal eorrugations in 5 each of the frame sides and inallybending the terminals of the frame obliquely to form interlocking lipsdesigned to Connect the ends of the strip and a Wire receptacle havingits edges clamped between the doubled edges of the frame, substantiallyas specified.

FRANK J. BECKER. Witnesses:

H. H. HAINES, ROBERT S. CARR.

